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Hitler snuggled as snugly as he could into his cloak of proletarian fervor. He contrasted himself again & again, the protector of the poor, with plutocratic foes. Lest Germans be disturbed, however, by thoughts that the Russians are also convinced proletarians of long standing, the country was plastered with posters showing German soldiers suffering from "Communistic dirt, filth, lice, disorganization, lack of most essential commodities...
...Lest we forget. In December 1937-but four years ago-the Jap Army conquered the capital city of China. . . . Forty-two thousand people were murdered. Many were tied together in batches of 50, sprinkled with kerosene and set on fire; thousands were used for bayonet and sword practice by the Jap soldiers...
...British Navy bungling escape notice. It was revealed last week that the warship which took Winston Churchill to the U.S. was supposed to pick up a British destroyer escort near the Azores. The destroyers did not show up. Lest enemy agents inform Axis submarines of the warship's presence near the islands, the ship proceeded unescorted...
...radio code called for particular caution in quiz programs, interviews, and forums, lest enemy agents broadcast information disguised in innocent-seeming phrases. Most such programs on the big networks had already been modified; e.g., for several weeks, questions from the floor in America's Town Meeting of the Air have had to be submitted before being allowed on the air. But there were still plenty of pluggable holes in local programs...
...down. If his bones are broken, movement may cause them to cut nerves and blood vessels, tear through the skin. Moving a victim with a broken back may cause death. Even after a man has been saved from drowning and given artificial respiration, he should be kept lying down lest he strain his heart...